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Piers Morgan Tonight

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Mar 20, 2012

winning louisiana on saturday, i might add. >> i am a much better debater than iert romney or santorum. >> each day, we move closer not just to victory, but to a better america. join us. join us. together, we're going to ensure that america's greatest days are still ahead. >> the battle of the gop. this is piers morgan tonight. >> good evening. it's a big night for mitt romney. let's take a look at tonight's results. romney way ahead in the lead. listen to a tough talking mitt romney. >> so tonight was a primary. but november is the general election. and we're going to face a defining decision as a people. our choice will not be about party or even personality. this election will be about principle. our economic freedom will be on the ballot. i'm running for president because i have the experience and the vision to get us out of this mess. >> so mitt romney rolls in illinois. a crucial win for him. here to talk about it is cnn's top team. >> i think a pretty significant night for mitt romney. in the general context, are we nearing the tipping point? >> yes, i think it's a very present

FOXNEWS - The O'Reilly Factor

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The O'Reilly Factor

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Mar 6, 2012

>>> this afox news alert. fox news can now project mitt romney will win the iowa caucuses and ohio remains close to call. take a look at the margin it's razor thin now just a couple thousand separating rick santorum and mitt romney. the romney camp is showing confidence reports our own carl cameron. pointing to franklin, and saying that the romney senior advisors are insisting rick santorum, and i quote, cannot catch up in ohio. that is what we're hearing. that is not the news we're getting from our decision desk now. going to check in with steve brown in ohio for the latest there. steve? >> yeah. i think the reason is that all of the results are not in from two counties that have been rich in romney votes, hamilton county around cincinnati and there are substantial numbers of votes yet to be counted that. seems to be at the core of the romney campaign's confidence. the santorum campaign has not left this venue as of yet. they're in an area just dead ahead where i'm standing here, you can see the curve around the area where they're said to have been krumpbling numbers and taking a

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The O'Reilly Factor

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Mar 6, 2012

projecting that mitt romney has won the state of vermont. those are the standings as we know them. five seconds now to the next poll closing. >> bret: it's 8:00 on the east coast and polls just closing in massachusetts, tennessee, and oklahoma. fox news can now project that rick santorum will win oklahoma. that western state leaving mitt romney and newt gingrich to battle for second place there. ron paul will finish fourth in oklahoma. based on fox news exit polls and the raw data in. >> megyn: that's a significant win for senator santorum who battled hard in oklahoma. fox news is also projecting that mitt romney as expected will crush all competitors in his home state of massachusetts where he once served as governor. >> bret: in tennessee santorum is leading mitt romney but the race remains too close to call. romney and gingrich are battling for second place in tennessee while ron paul will finish fourth there. this is a very close race in tennessee. this could be one we are watching for a long time and a big big result that we want to watch throughout the night. >> megyn: so to recap

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The O'Reilly Factor

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Mar 6, 2012

romney and newt gingrich to battle for second place there. ron paul will finish fourth in oklahoma. based on fox news exit polls and the raw data in. >> megyn: that's a significant win for senator santorum who battled hard in oklahoma. fox news is also projecting that mitt romney as expected will crush all competitors in his home state of massachusetts where he once served as governor. >> bret: in tennessee santorum is leading mitt romney but the race remains too close to call. romney and gingrich are battling for second place in tennessee while ron paul will finish fourth there. this is a very close race in tennessee. this could be one we are watching for a long time and a big big result that we want to watch throughout the night. >> megyn: so to recap tonight's contests so far romney has won three states, virginia, vermont, and now massachusetts. rick santorum has won oklahoma and newt gingrich has won georgia, ohio, tennessee too close to call. >> bret: let's get to our fox news panel tonight. fox news senior political analyst brit hume, juan williams. steve haste senior writer for "th

MSNBC - The Daily Rundown

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MSNBC
The Daily Rundown

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Mar 7, 2012

for chuck. >> and the big premier tonight. >> did mitt romney have a better wednesday than super tuesday? as the political world wakes up? it's clear mitt romney did well thanks to 12,000 votes in ohio. like all romney victories this year, it comes with a caveat. as santorum takes a stronger claim as the conservative alternative. despite all the results, all the new delegates, the story is the same, romney has a perception problem. santorum has a math problem. and as for paul and gingrich, they simply have a candidate credibility problem. and president obama doesn't sit super tuesday out. his first 2012 press conference includes a sharp rebuke of the republican candidates that he says are beating the drums of war when it comes to iran. it's wednesday, the day after, march 7th, 2012. this is the daily rundown. super tuesday is behind us. let's get to the first reads of the morning. mitt romney won the raw popular vote. he won states in five time zones, and still, all that comes with a but. romney continues to struggle with the same parts of the party he struggled with the entire campaign.

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Mar 7, 2012

'm the one candidate who has the ability to debate barack obama decisively. >> mitt romney, rick santorum, and newt gingrich each putting their spin on how they did in last night's super tuesday races. the state everyone was watching, though, ohio. it spent a good part of the night in the too close to call, but at 12:30 eastern time this morning, called romney the apparent winner in a one-point close shave over santorum. we'll explain what that means. it remains the apparent category because ohio averages a 3% uncounted election night vote even when at 99% reporting. then just before 4:00 a.m. eastern time, nbc news declared romney the projected winner in alaska's republican caucus. romney also won big in the idaho caucuses. and he took massachusetts, vermont, and virginia. rick santorum countered last night with primary victories in oklahoma and tennessee. he also won the north dakota caucuses and newt gingrich also chalked up a win with 47% of the vote in his home state of georgia. the former house speaker is vowing to fight on with primaries next week in alabama and mississippi. in all

MSNBCW - NOW With Alex Wagner

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NOW With Alex Wagner

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Mar 20, 2012

mitt romney supporter, phil musser, co-anchor of cnbc's squawk box, "the new york times" andrew ross sorkin, jen ben dri of "the huffington post" and former white house deputy press secretary bill burton who runs the obama super pac, priorities usa action. mitt romney the only man standing in illinois today, as newt gingrich campaigns in louisiana and rick santorum is in pennsylvania. but with team romney these days, is there even such a thing as a decisive win? phil, i want to go to you first on this. and these numbers, i think, are somewhat staggering, if you look at politico reporting in illinois mitt romney outspending rick santorum 7-1. chicago, he's outspending santorum 21-1. i want to unpack the chicago numbers first because why spend that mump money in chicago? isn't that romney territory already or is this a sign of a campaign not letting anything go? >> that's a good question. the one thing to know about illinois is that 70% of the vote in the illinois primary comes from north of the interstate 80 that cuts the state in half. or the bulk of the vote comes from, it come

MSNBCW - The Daily Rundown

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The Daily Rundown

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Mar 8, 2012

get out. mitt romney wants them both gone. will the march through march push anybody to the breaking point? team obama starts hammering romney from the other side as hom me in struggles with his own party's primary. they define him as an unacceptable alternative and romney can fully fight back. john boehner butts heads can fellow republicans over billions of dollars for roads, rails and bridges. can he get the tea party base to govern? good morning from washington. it's super thursday. this is "the daily rundown." let's get to the first read of the morning. super tuesday marks the beginning of the end. it's marked the beginning of the end of every competitive campaign for the last quarter century. for now, this republican race apparently is going on. mitt romney tries desperately behind the scenes to end it. the campaign spent much of yesterday making the case that neither santorum or gingrich has a realistic shot and brought out show and tell to highlight the advantage adding it would take an act of god for one of them to go. we will get to 1144 and be the republican nominee. that g

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CNNW
Early Start

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Mar 7, 2012

's such a super day. super tuesday has become super wednesday. mitt romney racking up six super states, including that classic cliff hanger in ohio. he's kind of talking like it's over, but did he land that knockout blow? >> no. >> if your support really means everything to ann and me, and i'm not going to let you down. i'm going to get this nomination. >> while rick santorum wins three states because mitt romney still cannot convince conservatives that he's the man. we're taking a look at the exit polls. this is my favorite part actually. different numbers are revealing some big problems for the front-runner. christine romans is breaking it all down. she's going to talk about electability and the economy and what folks are saying about that. >> i'm not sure it's my favorite part because the information is so revealing or whether it's christine romans, who's my favorite person. we're going to get to her in a moment. but after taking the most states and the most delegates on super tuesday, mitt romney walking the walk and talking the talk, pretty much looking like the nominee, but all candidates a

MSNBC - NOW With Alex Wagner

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MSNBC
NOW With Alex Wagner

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Mar 7, 2012

romney go back to the lab and emerge with mitt romney 2.0, this is "now." joining me today, kurt anderson, host of studio 360 radio and john harwood, karen finney, and political analyst, john heileman. last night, mitt romney won the most states and extended his overall delegate lead to more than 200, but the bottom line is that he has not locked up the nomination, is he becoming a stronger candidate or a weaker one? folks? my thinking here is that this could be a pivot point for the team romney, not just going back to the lab but refining a message, making him a stronger candidate, there's a contention out there that he has been bloodied and bruised but this could be good. >> i'm feeing like we have read that and said that five or six times eer already. the question was would newt gingrich make him a better candidate. so far, i've not seen what we have seen in the democratic race as hillary and obama duked it out. obama ended up being a stronger candida candidate, but along with that we saw turn out and excitement in the democratic party only to up, which helped in the general.

CNN - John King, USA

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CNN
John King, USA

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Mar 21, 2012

politics, the etch a sketch comment that is hurting mitt romney at what should be a shining moment. >>> again, tonight, we will show you right here, live protest in new york city for what's being called quote, the million hoodie march, a reference to the hoodie trayvon martin was wearing when he was shot and killed in sanford, florida. new calls for the arrest of a noob hood watch volunteer that shot and killed the 17-year-old boy. martin was unarmed, walking from a convenience store to the home of his father's fiancee last month in sanford near orlando when george zimmerman shot him. he says he fired in self-defense after he felt threatened. something he would be entitled to do under florida law. today on cnn, one of zimmerman's neighbors came to his defense. >> george zimmerman is a good dude. he is straight up. that's why i am front-runner for him today. i, myself, credit george for thwarting a burglary to my own house. >> members of trayvon martin's family blame racial profiling for his death. the stanford police department is being scrutinized. police questioned the shooter af

CNN - Anderson Cooper 360

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CNN
Anderson Cooper 360

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Mar 7, 2012

if i didn't ask about super tuesday's results. governor romney won the big prize, ohio. do you believe the time has come for other candidates to now get out of the race? >> i would hope so, but i can't tell the other candidates what they should do. they have to make their own decisions. i'm aware how tough an environment this is and so they have to make up their own minds. it is a fact that the longer this drags out, the higher the negatives of mitt romney and the harder it will be to win the election in november. that's just fundamental facts. >> governor palin was on cnn last night saying she would leave the door open to her name being placed into nomination if there was a contested convent n convention. what was your reaction to that? >> glad to see that sarah is still willing to get into the arena. i greatly admire and respect her. sarah, i view it with great interest your comment last night. i also think that, you know, that this thing is going to be resolved hopefully sooner for mitt romney than later. >> senator mccain, i always appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you, an

MSNBCW - The Last Word

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MSNBCW
The Last Word

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Mar 5, 2012

romney in all of this? >> 39% of americans have an unfavorable view of women. >> maybe he should stop talking about the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees. >> maybe even a bit of a muppet. >> a net loss of 11 points. >> he's lost control of his public image. >> the president reads romney six points. >> his approval rating is 50%. >> 50% of americans now approve of how president obama is doing his job. >> this race has really hurt the republican brand. >> look at the front run are, mitt romney. i know romney looks like a president, but we don't always get the job we look right for. if we did, i'd be the king of the snakes! >>> good evening from washington. with advertisers fleeing his radio show over the weekend on saturday, rush limbaugh did something he absolutely never does. he issued a written apology. this time to sandra fluke, the georgetown student he called a slut and a prostitute on his show last week, realizing that that wasn't good enough to preserve his advertising-driven income of more than $50 million a year. rush limbaugh began his radio show today with an

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Mar 8, 2012

wins that one, that's it. and if i'm not mistaken -- >> mitt romney declared the winner in ohio. >> okay. all right, everybody, thanks for coming, that's a wrap. we're just going to sit back. show's over. good luck in the general election. i'm going to smoke my pipe and watch book notes as i always do to unwind from a hard day at the satire factory. unless -- >> romney eked out the win in ohio. >> he barely won in the all important state of ohio. >> he won the math, but lost the momentum. >> he could not deliver a knockout punch. >> the republican race far from over, folks. >> every time. >> every time. good morning. it's thursday, march the 8th. and with us on the set, we've got executive editor of random house, pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. the list keeps -- >> do you have my tax returns? >> i heard at the "game change" premiere because i -- you know, all the kids were calling me because all the cool kids were there last night. >> i, of course, was home not like jon stewart. >> did you have porage for the kids? >> it soothes my nerves at the end of the day, and

CNN - Early Start

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CNN
Early Start

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Mar 7, 2012

. >>> super mitt. >> i'm not going to let you down. i'm going to get this nomination. >> mitt romney lands his lead with super tuesday wins but can't land the knockout blow. >> we need a fighter. >> rick santorum keeps hanging around thanks to the romney doubters in the reddest of red states. >> we have won in the west, the midwest, and the south, and we're ready to win across this country. >> and newt gingrich. have you learned not to count him out? >> there are lots of bunny rabbits that run through. i am the tortoise. i just take one step at a time. >> the republican race moves forward on your early start. >>> and a very good morning to you. it's two minutes past 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. and it's a very "early start." >> i'm ashleigh banfield. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. let's get started. >>> it is the morning after super tuesday. all candidates are still standing, but mitt romney is starting to sound more like the nominee. here's where we stand the morning after. romney took ohio and alaska, two races that weren't called until most of you were sound asleep. he also won massachusetts

MSNBCW - MSNBC Live

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MSNBC Live

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Mar 7, 2012

tuesday prize where the former house speaker finished in the top two. mitt romney talked about this fierce fight ahead. and he did that on cnbc "squawk box." take a listen. >> we've got the time and the resources and a plan to get all the delegates. we think that will get done before the convention, but one thing i can tell you for sure is, there's not going to be a brokered convention where some new person comes in and becomes a nominee. it's going to be one of the four people that are still running. >> so let's bring in our panel, liz, editor for associated press, nbc senior political editor mark murray, bob schrum, adviser to bob kerrey, and it is great to have you all here as we have our super tuesday hangovers together. liz, let's talk to you first. mitt romney pulls off the upset in ohio. "the cincinnati enquirer" nailed it saying "romney takes ohio barely," it's like the fight of the century, but if we take a look at this map, santorum taking nearly every ohio county, what does this do to the perception that he can't close the deal? >> well, i think what's happened is that rick sant

FOXNEWSW - FOX and Friends

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FOX and Friends

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Mar 7, 2012

'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing part of your day with us. mitt romney going 6-10 on super tuesday and has a message for president obama. >> i have a message. you have not failed. you have a president that's failed you. that's going to change. >> mitt romney not waking up this morning with a clear frontrunner. rick santorum proving this is still a two guy race. >> we're going to win a few. we're going to lose a few. but as it looks right now, we're going to get at least a couple of gold medals. and a whole bunch of silver medals. >> plus newt walking away with one victory last night but it's a big one and he's not going anywhere. >> there are lots of bunny rabbits that run through. i'm the tortoise. i take one step at a time. >> reminds me, did i feed my rabbit? we're breaking down all of the super tuesday results. "fox & friends" starts just about now. >> good morning, everyone. check out that map. there you have it. super tuesday results. mitt romney wins six states. ohio, alaska, virginia, idaho, massachusetts and vermont. >> yep. rick santorum only won three but it s

MSNBCW - MSNBC Live

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Mar 12, 2012

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Mar 12, 2012

a numbers kim game. >> the math is not the issue, the issue is vision. the issue is governor romney outspending me 10-1 and still not able to close the deal. >> in a poll from alabama's state university, santorum is third with 17% of the vote. let's bring in this morning's political power panel, i'm joined by ann cornblue, political editor for "the washington post." former governor of ohio, ted strickland, and new york daily news columnist, s.e. cob. i want to start with you, ann, could santorum and gingrich split voters and that actually work to romney's advantage in the south? >> well, potentially, but with respect to santorum, that clip you played of him earlier saying it is not about the math, it really is. even if, now look, i don't want to downplay the stakes here, it is important whoever wins in the south symbolically. for mitt romney a win in the south suggests he has agree geographic reach. in newt gingrich's favor, it could be a huge win for him. if santorum wins, he'll say i'm the alternative to romney. in the end, neither of the states will decide who the nominee is. it

MSNBCW - Martin Bashir

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Mar 13, 2012

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Martin Bashir

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Mar 13, 2012

romney out to prove he can capture the cracker barrel contingent. will it be the sound and if fgu ri of newt gingrich that wins the day or will his results read like as i lay dying. both newt gingrich and santorum vow their staying in this race till the finish. >> we've been running a marathon breathing through a swizzle stick. that's what it felt like. we're just sucking hard on that stick trying to get as much air as we can in to keep ourselves alive. >> we stayed in the race for two reasons. i do not believe the other two candidates can beat obama, and i believe this race is the most important in our lifetime, and i will not leave the field. >> as delegate front-runner down played expectations before heading off to campaign in missouri, he decided to put another silver foot in his mouth talking southern song payteyton manning and professional football as only richie mitt can. >> i got a lot of friends. the owner of the miami dolphins and the new york jets both owners are friends of mine. >> nfl team owners, now joining nascar owners among the dear old friends of mitt. as jeff foxw

MSNBCW - News Nation

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News Nation

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Mar 14, 2012

nation" is following the mounting pressure on mitt romney and newt gingrich after rick santorum's sweep of alabama and mississippi primaries. right now santorum is scheduled to start hosting a town hall. he's in san juan is, puerto rico, ahead of the primary there sunday. he met earlier with the governor. meantime, mitt romney has not said a word publicly since his losses in the south. his campaign did issue a statement congratulating santorum. romney, by the way, is in new york for fund-raisers and attempting to fight the perception problem as he struggles against the underfinanced and underorganized santorum. newt gingrich campaigns later today in illinois which holds the next big republican contest next week. he's carrying on despite heavy pressure from santorum and many others for him to drop out. >> the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the best chance to win this election is to nominate a conservative to go up against barack obama who can take him on on every issue. >> this is proportional representation. we're going to leave alabama and mississippi with a substantia

FOXNEWS - The FOX Report With Shepard Smith

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FOXNEWS
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Mar 20, 2012

. and tonight they are showing. this mitt romney is winning among voters who say electability and the economy are their top priorities. and more than half of illinois voters tell us the economy is their number one issue. our exit polls show rick santorum is the top choice of, quote, very conservative voters. but when it comes to strong supporters of the tea party, mitt romney has a slight lead. we'll go into the numbers in more detail in just a moment. illinois is the biggest primary prize since florida. 54 delegates up for grabs tonight. but rick santorum is eligible to win but 44 of them. paper work problemsy the again. we are also hearing about trouble with some those ballots. steve brown has the latest on that and more from our exit polls coming up in just a moment. first to carl cammeron. campaign carl in illinois. it really sort of sounds like the expectations game wrapped up in what the two candidates are saying today and they tell a lot of the story. >> when candidates begin to make predictions and talk about the outcome, it's usually a pretty good sign of what they expect. in this ca

FOXNEWS - The FOX Report With Shepard Smith

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Mar 13, 2012

FOXNEWS
The FOX Report With Shepard Smith

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Mar 13, 2012

. no matter, what this will not be gingrich's last stand. >> long stretch ahead of us. mitt romney is looking for a knockout punch. >> if the polls are right, we will pick up some delegates. >> tonight, results on the way in contests that could change the republic race anger in afghanistan. protests grow in the wake of a u.s. soldier's alleged attack that killed 16 civilians. >> i have directed the pentagon to make sure that we spare no effort in conducting a full investigation. plus gunfire erupts at a memorial for the victims and more people are now dead. the homeless as walking high i hot spots. supporters say it helps them earn a living. critics argue it's just plain demeaning. we will hear from homeless folks themselves to find out what they think. and the jet pack pilot who took on a race car. election alert. first from fox this tuesday night. the first polls close just 90 section ago in the g.o.p. southern showdown. less than an hour now until all the voting is complete in mississippi and alabama and right now here's what we know. it is an interesting night for mitt romney in the state

MSNBC - NOW With Alex Wagner

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Mar 9, 2012

MSNBC
NOW With Alex Wagner

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Mar 9, 2012

to be particularly hard for romney, frankly. i've never bought the idea that a private equity guy will fix the economy, when the numbers are getting better, it's harder to make that case. >> that is anni interesting poi. if we talk about romney, he is the one that is supposed to be the money guy, business guy, this might seem to weirdly help santorum, news like this. >> you know, i think, we over stated how much the economy played well for romney. that was a theme that his campaign put out. i looked at the exit polls from ohio, those voters that were woerp eed about the economy, th was 73% of the voters they only sided with santorum over him. the idea that he is a businessman and help the economy is over stated. >> i agree with that, the thing that we miss about the economy in the story the last few years is not how it helped romney, it's how it has been the message for the republican party. it's look at the unemployment rate and how much insecurity do you feel right now, he is the president, he made it worse. that's the only message he wants to run on. the last month, the jobs report came

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Mar 5, 2012

. here's how the poll has the republican presidential field. romney topping the field with 38% of the vote followed by santorum at 32%. newt gingrich and ron paul are both at 13%. when asked how the gop nominating process has affected people's view of the party -- >> not good. >> 40% say it's made them look at the party less favorably, 12% said more favorably, and 47% said the process had no impact on their view of the party. the poll also shows how mitt romney's approval rating compares with past presidential candidates. romney gets 28% approval, lower than mccain, kerry, bush, and dole during the same point in the race. and looking at the general election, head to head match-ups against president obama, all four republican contenders fall short. mitt romney is the closest, six points behind the president. on the question of congressional preference, 41% say republicans are the preferred majority in congress. 46% would rather see democrats in charge. and when asked which party does a better job of appealing to people not among its hard core supporters, 55% said the democratic

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The Ed Show

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Mar 14, 2012

-ring republican circus rolls on. bob shrum and howard dean are here with the latest. >>> mitt romney drops a bomb on women. >> planned parenthood we'll get rid of that. >> a proposed law in arizona says bosses can fire women for taking birth control? katrina vanden heuvel will have reaction. >>> game on in wisconsin. the recall dates are set. now scott walker is complaining he doesn't get paid enough. >> my wife in some ways would love it if i went back to the private sector and made real money. >> john nichols has the latest. >> tonight, another "ed show" exclusive. >> professor ogletree took great pains to hide that. >> the man at the bogus theory, charles ogletree will tell us why he hid the tape of barack obama. >>> good to have you with us tonight, thanks for watching. there is only one thing keeping newt gingrich in the republican presidential race, it's ego. rick santorum pull off a six point win in alabama, a closer race in mississippi, but santorum, he won but never led in any mississippi polls. it was not a good night for mitt romney, who came in third in both states but it was a disast

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Mar 12, 2012

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Mar 12, 2012

see this when mitt romney puts forward a very weak statement about rush limbaugh saying those aren't the words he would use. what are the words he would use to describe sandra fluke in the gross and horrible terms? i think the real issue is that you have seen the intense partisan nature of this debate really reflecting badly on the gop and they have been willing to put this face forward, rush limbaugh, on the issue has meant that women have woken up and recognized basic health protections that the republican party stands against them. >> the republican party response is not a huge concern, the real women's issue in the campaign is the economy, we just heard ann romney talking about the cost of milk and gas. a new washington post poll shows gas prices are hurting the president. what do you think, ez za, ezra, are the cultural wars creating something more significant long term? >> first, i like neera's coining of rush law for rush limbaugh. we have seven to eight months until the election and will this issue decline quickly or will people forget about it in six months? will people be

CNN - Starting Point

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Starting Point

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Mar 21, 2012

to cnn's exit poll, what drove conservatives and middle income voters to rally around mitt romney. governor romney scored a decisive win in illinois, took home 47% of the vote to nt is snt's 35% of the vote, and that win helped mitt romney pad his del lat count, now at 562, senator santorum has less than half at 249. mitt romney is taking new jabs at president obama. >> we once built an interstate highway system, and the hoover dam. now we can't even build a pipeline. i mean, we once led the world in manufacturing and exports, investment. today we lead the world in lawsuits. you know, when we replace a law professor with a conservative businessman as president, that's going to end. >> talking about himself, of course. last night no doubt a big blow for rick santorum. you'll remember that he had predicted if he won, if he won illinois he'd win the nomination. listen. >> i predict if we are able to do what i know most people think is impossible, which is to carry the state of illinois, that will fundamentally change this election like no other contest to date. it will put us in a po

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Mar 22, 2012

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Mar 22, 2012

the floor ♪ don't bring me down >> hey, this is a true story about mitt romney. you guys know there's a robot running for president, right? [ applause ] >> how cool is that? while touring google's offices yesterday, this is a true story, romney saw a lava lamp on someone's desk and said, that's a big lava lamp. congratulations. [ laughter ] >> ironically, the lava lamp was better at natural conversation than mitt romney. >>> no, i did not bring that in. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, march 22. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. we have pulitzer prize winner writer for "the washington post" jonathan capehart. and president of the council on foreign relations, richard haas, along with willie joe and me. and we have a lot going on this morning. good morning, joe. >> good morning, mika. >> we'll be talking about mitt romney. that's where we're starting. but there is a situation in france unfolding. richard is here to talk about that. there is some nfl news. >> some? >> some. >> just a little. >> "new york times" front page. >> ok.

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Mar 21, 2012

might be. that was mitt romney, the winner of last night's illinois primary. romney took 47% of the vote, beating rick santorum by 12 points. ron paul and newt gingrich were in the single digits. romney's illinois win adds another 41 delegates to his total haul, which now stands near 500. though still far from the 1,144 needed to clinch the nomination, romney has close to 300 more delegates than santorum. that math is adding up. good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, march 21. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, we have msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu howard ford jr. we also have financier and "morning joe" economic analyst steve rattner. and in washington, republican strategist and contributor to "newsweek" and the daily beat and vice chairman of the consulting firm hill norton, mark mckinnon. >> that's like spring. >> it's almost ok, but still a little weird. >> well, you know, at least it's better than barnicle. look at the bright side. >> true. that was -- >> actually, the most interesting man in the world willie geist is now in mallorca for the spring. >

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Mar 16, 2012

. romney taking a 35% lead in a new state poll. a four-point advantage over santorum. romney is jetting this afternoon to sunny puerto rico where he'll have a near beer or a virgin colado to kick off the weekend. we can't wait to hear how mitt matches up. >> i was referred to by many in my state. >> however, we can guess that romney will not try to replicate the santorum sand storm over puerto rican state hood. mr. santorum is back peddling. >> english has to be learned a as language. this needs to be a bilingual country, not just a spanish speaking, right now it's overwhelming spanish speaking. at least he didn't say spanish is the language of the ghetto. he did try to sell a little sympathy with a mention of his immigrants roots. as the son of an italian immigrant myself, i continue to believe that english is the language of opportunity in america under statehood or the current status. in other words, kiss me, i'm an italian. it's newt gingrich who has had the luck of the irish by his own words finding the very pot of gold at the end of the rainbow like the little leprechun that he is

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Mar 14, 2012

the nation that mitt romney is inevitable just collapsed. >> the third place finishes leaving mitt romney with nothing but the math and money and more people doubting that that may be enough as we move on your "early start." >>> good morning everyone welcome to "early start" i'm ashleigh banfield. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. we're bringing you news from a to z, 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> alabama, mississippi, rick santorum a southern sweep. >> a heartbreaking tragedy in switzerland, 22 children killed when a bus crashed in the wall of a tunnel. that bus carrying 46 children, and six adults was returning to belgium after a school ski trip. a total of 28 people died, police are investigating now. >>> prosecutors in alabama plan to seek the death penalty against this woman, accused of literally running her 9-year-old granddaughter to death. the girl was forced to run around the family house for hours as punishment for lying about eating chocolate. >> president obama and david cameron holding formal talks at the white house with the war in afghanistan, iran's nuclear program, syrian crisis and th

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Mar 7, 2012

bless the united states of america. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell, the romney campaign said it would take an act of god for santorum or gingrich to win the nomination. romney won six states last night including a narrow victory in ohio, but he has not won republican hearts and minds according to the exit polls. first, me ask you to take a quick reaction to the president's speech, i think you heard what he had to is say in north carolina. he is coming out strongly against particularly against what newt gingrich said about delivering $2.50 gas. your comments? >> well, you i like at the president's energy policy and i see another failure of the administration, i've been traveling as romney has gone state to state and people are fed up not only with the high price of gas but also high food prices. and at the same time, that these basic costs are on the increase, incomes are declining, and add to that there are still people out of work or stuck in part time work, you can see why this election year will be a challenge to the president. >> the immediate challenge for romney is nailing down

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Mar 14, 2012

to win this nomination before that convention. >> romney's only prizes last night, hawaii and america samoa. the big question, does his delegate map hold up and can mitt romney ever appeal to core conservatives across the country? we bring in our power political panel this morning. jackie kucinich, democratic strategist, kentucky mcclean and analyst, michael steele. it's great to have you here. jackie, i want to start with you. santorum won in the osu. white evangelical voters, christian voters flocking to i am instead of newt gingrich. as we show everybody this, santorum winning women voters. even working republican women. are you surprised by that and how should santorum and their campaign use this as fuel to move forward? >> you know, santorum has been saying that they don't have a women problem. when you look at some of the data from the other state, it isn't like there's a huge dropoff. when i say data, i mean the polls isn't a huge dropoff for santorum. he won them in a couple other state. it doesn't so much surprise me just because he has -- with conservative women he does pret

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Mar 6, 2012

at mitt romney with 119, newt gingrich with 30, rick santorum at 17, and ron paul at eight. >> i keep hearing people tell me they were undecided and now they've decided to join with us. >> it's gut check time. who wants it the most? what do you say? >> we're going to be talking to our chief washington correspondent, john harwood, in just a few minutes. in the meantime, jobs and the economy are obviously key issues pour voters right now. listen to this, the atlanta fed has created a new tool that allows you to estimate the number of jobs that president obama needs to get below 8% unemployment. it does assume the participation rate stays the same. if you take that assumption and you plug in the numbers, you figure there are eight months left before november and you want to see a target unemployment rate of 8%, the average monthly change in payrolls needs to be about 130,000. a note out on this topic says that if labor force participation stabilizes at the current rate, then the president needs 232,000 jobs per month to get the unemployment rate below 8% so there are some different facto

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is rick santorum. the presidential hopeful winning big and making sure mitt romney hears him loud and clear. >> for someone who thinks this race is inevitable, he spent a whole lot of money against me for being inevitable. >> the republican race, we're still in it. >> and newt gingrich promises to keep going and has a message for mitt romney! >> if you're the frontrunner and you keep coming in third, you're not much of a frontrunner. >> a whole breakdown of the results just seconds away. brian? >> and he's hung in. he's hung this american flag outside the auto shop for more than 30 years. now, the city says he needs to take it down or go to jail. >> what? >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> we should have made that scramble word mississippi combined with alabama. those two big primaries last night and here is a look at the results. could be labelled a stunning victory for rick santorum because he was not ahead in any of the recent polls in either of those states but he walks away the winner in both of them. >> and the one who didn't win probably has the most pressure t

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Mar 13, 2012

's like every week -- >> here we go again. the same questions looming. can mitt romney win over the most conservative in his own party and will rick santorum and newt gingrich continue to split the conservative vote. >>> criticism over a new poll showing republicans, so many of them south, still believe the president is muslim. why it's being called faulty and misleading. >>> it's what's for dinner. a study claims even the smallest amount of red meat could lead to an early death. is it all hype. >>> using the homeless to hawk wi-fi. an unheard of practice at a huge music festival in texas is being slammed for exploitation of the most in need. >>> i'm tamron hall. the "news nation" is following breaking news. we have live pictures from andrews air force base where david cameron is arrived just a short time ago, only moments ago. this visit comes as the crisis if afghanistan grows following the massacre of 12 afghans involving a u.s. soldier. just a few hours ago president obama insisted the u.s. is committed to finish the job in afghanistan despite a new york times report that the adminis

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Mar 24, 2012

obama in november. and fox news projecting now that person to be rick santorum. with mitt romney finishing in second place. analysts had predicted louisiana could be a three-way race between santorum, mitt romney and newt gingrich. now keep in mind, santorum won the primaries in neighboring alabama and mississippi, but analysts say voters in louisiana are a bit different. for example, that state has fewer people who identify themselves as evangelical, a group that tends to resonate with santorum. but tonight he had support from everyone, including conservatives and moderates alike, and it didn't hurt that mitt romney did damage control this week after an aide made comments comparing his campaign strategy to that of an etch-a-sketch. 1 in 5 voters said today those comments were "most important or one of the most important factors" in their decision at the polling booth. in this race for the gop presidential nomination, it does come down to delegates. louisiana with 46 at stake. only 20 of those, though, to be given after tonight's contest divided proportionately to the candidates

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Mar 19, 2012

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> mitt romney trounced rick santorum in port eek reek owe and he knows a big win illinois would pad the commanding lead. >> we used to say vote early and vote often. that happens to be a chicago line as well, doesn't it? yeah, yeah, yeah. >> santorum's closing pitch, a poke at the former illinois senator who now lives in the white house. >> you have a particular obligation to write a wrong here in the state of illinois. >> there are 54 delegates at stake tuesday in the state of illinois. a look at the math shows you time is running short for anyone else trying to stop governor romney. you need 1,144 to clinch. governor romney is 519, not halfway but look how commanding the lead is. senator santorum is second and gingrich 139 and romney with a big lead. if you look at the remaining delegates, 996 allocated to date. that leaves just shy of 1,300. we're almost to the halfway point in the delegates awarded and illinois will get closer to that. if you are behind romney, you're running short. mitt romney is the leader now in the delegate chase and he has right

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Mar 8, 2012

down in washington. leading off tonight, faking it. here's mitt romney's problem. he's not a movement conservative. he just plays one on tv and that's why he can't close the deal with republicans. he has the most votes snagged the most delegates, but the enthusiasm gap keeps growing. it may be abdomen to get worse with a string of primaries in unfriendly territory. rising gas prices may be the biggest threat to president obama's reelection. so why are some republicans arguing that the president wants to see the price go up? does that make sense? plus if republicans won't stop going after contraception, democrats won't stop benefitting from it. eight democrats, all women walked out yesterday when the georgia senate voted to restrict access to contraception and abortion. one of them joins us tonight. one of those senators down there. and two questions. why is rick santorum worried about guam and why is he in damage control mode out in those islands? >>> finally, let me finish with how a president proves he's the man of the people and willing to take on big business. we begin with mitt r

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Mar 7, 2012

now. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happening now, mitt romney is winning on points, but he can't seem to land a knockout blow, how the front-runner hopes to grind out a final victory and house his rivals hope to stop him. >>> as a top senator calls to stop the slaughter in syria, the pentagon now spelling out of the some of the america's military options. >>> and iran may le trying to clean up evidence of nuclear activities before inspectors can get there. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> mitt romney certainly had big wins on super tuesday. the gop frond runter won six states and padded his lead in delegates, but ohio was very, very close. rick santorum captured three states, while newt gingrich also had a win. romney has not put his rivals out of business, as republicans grow concerned about a drawnout race, the candidates are calling on one another to quit. here's jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, with team santorum telling newt gingrich to drop out and team romney telling everybody to drop out, it's starting to feel lie deja vu all over again. falling short of exp

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primaries in alabama and mississippi next tuesday may be the last chance for mitt romney's rivals to halt his momentum. rick santorum would love to go one on one with him, but night gingrich may have a different story. joe johns is watching all of this for us. >> reporter: wolf, rick santorum just finishing up an event, and he's expected to head to mobile, alabama later tonight. this is a situation where he has already proven he can win in the south by winning tennessee. the fact of the matter is newt gingrich is such a strong presence here. >> reporter: in this speech santorum is suggesting there's a third man in the race besides mitt romney, but doesn't go much further than that. >> if you go out and deliver a conservative victory for us on tuesday this race will become a two-person race, and when it becomes a two-person race for the republican nomination, the conservative will win that nomination. >> reporter: but if you ask santorum directly about whether he or anyone on his campaign staff is calling for gingrich to get out, he'll tell you no way. >> if they're doing so, they're not d

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, we begin tonight with my interview of mitt romney. i sat down with him this morning in canton, ohio. ohio is the battleground state. governor romney and his new 20% tax cut plan snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in michigan. and i began asking whether he sees the same thing playing out 24 hours now in ohio. >>> governor mitt romney, welcome back to "the kudlow report." we appreciate it very much. >> thanks, larry. good to be here. >> some people believe that your 20% reduction there the personal tax rate really helped snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in michigan a week ago. is the same scenario going to play out in ohio? you're catching up in the polls. have you stayed with your tax cut message? >> there's no question about that. this is about getting the economy going again. and getting our economy going, putting people back to work, means getting our marginal tax rates down. the president wants to take the other direction. i think as long as we're talking about the economy and jobs, and, by the way, shrinking the deficit, we're winning. when we're talking about all ot

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's primary day in illinois. will a decisive win ahead of front-runner mitt romney run others out of the race? first, seema ahead of day's actions. >> it's not just oracle making a big move. i'll get you all of those details after this very short break. cnbc's "closing bell" is coming back in a flash. only hertz gives you a carfirmation. hey, this is challenger. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. but not how we get there. because in this business, there are no straight lines. only the twists and turns of an unpredictable industry. so the eighty-thousand employees at delta... must anticipate the unexpected. and never let the rules overrule common sense. this is how we tame the unwieldiness of air travel, until it's not just lines you see... it's the world. hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well,

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Mar 11, 2012

south. he easily beat his rivals with 51%. romney at 21%. newt gingrich coming in at third. ron paul placing fourth there in kansas. the republican race head to the deep south as we said. alabama and mississippi holding primaries. santorum and ron paul looking for more wins. newt gingrich is hoping for a comeback. >> reporter: good to see you. rick santorum picked up a win yesterday in kansas. mitt romney picked up a win in wyoming. for newt gingrich he's no longer counting on mississippi and alabama a must-win state. he is saying once again going all the way to the republican convention. >> we are here, we are in it to win it here in kansas. >> reporter: before tuesday's big southern prime in mississippi and alabama, rick santorum got another run after winning kansas. >> we are headed to mississippi and alabama and we will have a sweeps this week. >> reporter: after he returned south santorum set to challenge newt gingrich on what the former speaker hopes is essentially home turf as the pace of the race begins to quicken. >> this is the wildest roller coaster. you don't know where y

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Mar 21, 2012

. >>> and a big night for mitt romney after a decisive 1 -point win, he's setting his sights on louisiana. romney has near ri half the delegates that he needs to secure the nomination. >>> and shocking new ref layings in the shooting death of a florida teenager. the girlfriend of 17-year-old trayvon martin says she was on the phone with him just minutes before he was killed. an now lawmakers are calling his death a murder and a hate crime. >>> in assessing the damage in mexico after a strong earthquake rattled the massive capital all the way to the resort city of acapulco. hundreds of homes were damaged. at least 11 people are injured. luckily no deaths reported there. >>> water rising and raging in texas. take a look at this. the fire department forced to pull a woman from her car that was carried downstream after she ignored a warning and drove around a barrier. severe storms expected to unleash flooding across the south and the plains today. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we've got breaking news this morning, about 300 police are surrounding an al qaeda suspect right now in france. he's app

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Mar 9, 2012

, and we saw in iowa where they announced romney was the winner and then all of a sudden we found santorum won. nobody said, oh, was it voter i.d.? and those caucuses. is this voter suppression? that's why we're marching because we won the right to vote 47 years ago marching selma to montgomery. we must protect the right to vote by being against all forms of voter suppression and we see these over 30 states is engaged in voter suppression because there is no fraud that they're trying to combat here. >> reverend al sharpton, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> so let's bring in our panel now. richard bloomingdale is the president of the pennsylvania afl-cio. joy ann reed is the managing editor of the grio.com and crystal ball is an msnbc contributor and democratic strategist. richard, let me begin with a fellow pennsylvanian, when i go to vote, sir, in montgomery county, i sign my name. is that enough of a precaution? is that enough of a legitimacy check in our state? >> absolutely, michael. and thank you for having me on the show. you know, for, god, years it's been plenty.

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Mar 5, 2012

it was inappropriate. i was kind of shocked, anderson, when governor romney, all he had to say is that isn't language i would have used. what about the spirit of what was said? i thought this was a cowardly answer, it was a test of leadership and one that he failed. >> there are conservatives who said, there are people hot left, satirists, comedians, entertainers on the left who have said extreme things as well, yet there's not a call for politicians on the left to distance themselves from them. >> let me just say there's been a coarsening of our politics from left to right. i don't excuse anybody's inappropriate and intemperate, in this case vile, language. whether it's aimed at someone on the left, right, middle. in this case, it was particularly egregious because it was a young woman who wasn't even in politics, just a kwung lah student expressing herself in a public forum. so i don't excuse any of it. i will say this, there are very few entertainers who swing the weight rush limbaugh does in the republican party. i think one of the reasons why governor romney and others were so timid in speaking ou

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Mar 16, 2012

? "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >>> mitt romney, rick santorum, and newt gingrich, these guys have a fundamentally different economic philosophy than we do. simply stated, we're about promoting the private sector, they're about protecting the privileged sector. we are for a fair shot and a fair shake. they're about no rules, no risks, and no accountability. >> i want to tell you, the economic theorys of gingrich, santorum and romney, they are bankrupt. if you give any one of these guys the keys to the white house, they will bankrupt the middle class again. >> well, he is kicking butt and taking names, isn't he? >> notice he was wearing a tie. >> well, unlike some other people here on the set of "morning joe." good morning, everyone, it is friday, finally it is friday. i don't know about you guys, i think i might have barely survived the week. it's march 16th. and with us onset as you can see, this is just a disgrace. >> mike, this isn't dress rehearsal, we're on, baby, we're live. >> this is the real deal? >> we had our usual -- >> i'll tell you what, i'll make everyone's life easi

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Mar 5, 2012

romney is banking on some big endorsements which a lot of them came yesterday. so the question this morning for you and for the rest of the nation is, is the g.o.p. now finally getting behind him? you had a prominent congressman from virginia and you had a senator as well from oklahoma yesterday. why are those states important? because they're on the docket for tomorrow. >> right. i think that is very true and the endorsements were coming in. i also find it very intriguing. you have 10 states. everybody is keying on a certain number of states. tennessee number one. oklahoma, perhaps but definitely ohio. it seems like rick santorum is dialing back those expectations that he's going to take ohio going away and possibly he should because reuters has a poll out that shows them in a dead heat. so is another poll. that's another huge comeback for mitt romney who does not have the home court advantage unlike michigan. >> gretch mentioned a moment ago, congressman eric cantor, here he is throwing his weight to mitt romney. >> that's why i look to super tuesday. i look to mitt romney w

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